The Accident Report

<p><strong>Ralph Ellis delights the reader with engaging characters a suspenseful plot and laugh-out-loud humor. -Kim McCollum author of <em>What Happens in Montana</em></strong></p><p>It's the summer of 1974 and Woodward and Bernstein have vanquished Nixon from the White House. In a sleepy North Carolina textile town rookie reporter Ronald Truluck is bored with writing about lawn mower thefts when he gets a tip - city councilman Lamont Moody got drunk drove his Bonneville off the road and ripped up somebody's front yard. But the police let him walk away.</p><p>Recognizing a cover-up when he sees it Ronald vows to break Lamontgate and make his bones as a serious journalist. It won't be easy. Ronald is a long-haired pothead who's loosey-goosey with the facts. His paper <em>The Eagle</em> runs pet-of-the-week photos on the front page not corruption stories. And the linchpin source only wants to talk about his book of poetry not the accident. With a little help from his brainy girlfriend and the flower-child city hall reporter Ronald lands the story - with results nobody expected.</p>